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COSMOS 2106

DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 20966

COSMOS 2106 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on November 28, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

Launch

Launch date
November 28, 1990 at 04:33 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Tsiklon-3 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Koltso 3

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
158 km
Periapsis
150 km
Inclination
82.46°
Orbital period
87.57 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
2,973.24 kg
Dimensions
Ø1.6 × 3.3 m

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-104A
NORAD catalog №
20966
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
10.2314 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 7, 2000

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 7, 2000
Time in service
9.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed